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World Athletics Cross Country Championships

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Joshua Cheptegei Staggers to the Finish at 2017 World Cross Country Champs

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1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (last 1/2 mile)

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1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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#TBT: Radcliffe romps to 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships title

World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics, it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships. It was an annual competition until 2011, when World Athletics changed it to a biennial event.
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